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Table 1 Worldwide distribution of human louse Pediculus humanus clades

From: Human pediculosis, a global public health problem

Clade

Ecotype

Continent

Country/region

A

Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus humanus

All over the world

All over the world

B

Pediculus humanus capitis

Africa

Algeria, South Africa

  

Asia

Israel, Saudi Arabia

  

Australia

Australia

  

Europe

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  

Latin America

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Salvador

  

North America

Canada, The United States

C

Pediculus humanus capitis

Africa

Ethiopia, Senegal, the Republic of Congo

  

Asia

Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand

  

Europe

France

D

Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus humanus

Africa

Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe

E

Pediculus humanus capitis

Africa

Guinea, Mali, Senegal

F

Pediculus humanus capitis

Latin America

Argentina, Mexico, French Guiana